Mashonaland East, informally Mash East, is a

province A province is an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire, Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...

Zimbabwe file:Zimbabwe, relief map.jpg, upright=1.22, Zimbabwe, relief map Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Bots ...

. It has an area of 32,230 km² and a population of approximately 1.73 million (2022).

Marondera Marondera, originally known as Marandellas, is a capital city of Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe, located about east of Harare. History It was first known as Marandella's Kraal, corrupted from Marondera, chief of the ruling VaRozvi people who li ...

is the capital of the province.

Demographics

The province has a history of African migrants from neigboouring countries such as Mozambique and Malawi. Notable ethnic groups in the province are the Shonas, Ndebele, Nyanja, Tumbuka and other groups. Several languages are spoken in different districts such as Shona, Nyanja, Ndebele, Chitumbuka, and Chibarwe, among others.

Geography

Districts

The Mashonaland East is divided into nine districts: * Chikomba * Goromonzi *

* Mudzi * Murehwa (Mrehwa) * Mutoko * Seke * Uzumba-Maramba-Pfungwe (UMP) * Wedza (Hwedza)

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